cloth, dustjacket, 12mo xiv+82 pp. this book constitutes the material, prepared for the Silliman lectures in 1956 by John von Neumann; on the analogies between computing machines and the living brain; a highly original and fundamental apporach to the theory of information processing; VERY RARE; second printing october 1958, following the identical first edition may 1958; very good condition (dustjacket with minimal traces of use; exlibris glued to the endpaper; interior clean, no stamps or wrting or underlining).

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Title

The Computer and the Brain by John von Neumann [Silliman Memorial Lectures] Preface by Klara von Neumann

Publisher

New Haven, Yale University Press, october , second printing

Publication Date

1958

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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History of science

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